Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-15

sler- -Peemlnent IsraslltisA We'd
ding-Arr3sgisg An Ocean Race.
he Visited the President.
The Great InvenisF
In Florida.
Circular % the Grand Array.
MADasoE (Wis.l Feb. lz.-Ths follow
inR was issued today:
NkT7oNAL HEADQUARTERS g. A. r..
| MADIsoN, VIA, Feb. II, 1887.
Circular No. 6.-ln view OF the reocnl
veto Of the Dependant Pension bill, Z
very great and Important measure &
many Of our disabled comrades Who an
In need and are justly entitled 10 help
il Il recommended that the Posts and
comrades everywhere, By resalutionl
and letters, Immediately inform the
members Of Congress, Who are entitled
/ 10 and will glsdly receive these ex
pfsssions Of opinion, Of their approval
or disapprovai of the principles involved
b tie vetoed bill. The comrades are
requested to meve ct once withsut wait.
inQ for circular. By command Of
LUcEN FAmpHrLD,
CommanAer-in-C Chief.
Z. B. GRAx. Adjutant General.
Excessive Celia In Montana.
81. PAuE, Feb. 14.--Late reports from
Montana indicate that affairs there are
assuming most alarming ASPECT. A
week aGo the people were bewailinQ the
fate Of their cattle, bat nov there 10 q
source Of appEehensien that there will
be an appalling less Of human life. The
snow began falling 10 the middle Of
November, and there is new more on
the ground than for the past ten years.
Most Of the stage rUads are entirely
closed mp and trains are running at IL
regular inteFYals- The supply Of fnel is
almost exhausted. Three days aRo
coal vas selling at Fort Benton for $50
per ton, and now Il oan hardly be pur-
chased &C any price. The snoV has
drifted to enormous depths. and the
people living at the mountain bases are
N imminent danger Of meeting death
beneath the avalanehes or freezing 10
death. Shoald another protraeted
storm occur, it 10 believed that hundreds
viii suecums 60 its teFrors. As Il is,
more people have frozen 10 death fhis
winter than for twenty-five years. The
cold has been tntense, varying from 40
degrees below xere at Helena 10 60 de-
GFees below ct Ferts Shaw and Assinai-
boine. In the vicinity Of the Little
Jennie and GrRnd Central mines, on
Bald moantain, the snow is eight feet
deep on level, and travel 10 impossible
except ON snow shoes.
The Great Ice sGeFKe.
Irons (Mich.), Feb. 14.-Ths ice
gorge 10 frozen solid TO Q depth OF from
fiye TO ten feet. The river is still fow-
ing throueh Main street and the mer-
chants are building trestle works 10
their stores only TO find their goods
frozen IN the Toe. The cold weather has
settled the water nearly foot, but has
made work almost impossi' le.
LIONS lMich.l. Feb H.-rhe whole
country from Lyons to Muir presents an
aftio panorama Of desolatiou. Many
merchants have been unable TO visit
their stores since Thursday morning
and several Who attempted Il we're
swept down by the current and mar
rowly escaped death. All the merchants
lose heavily. All ths manufacturing
establishments are crippled and many
baiidinQs are ruined. The iee gorge
shows no signs Of breaking. It Il nov
extending as q solid glacier hvs miles
long and Is or 20 feet thick. The loss
OF property 10 enormous and will doubt
less reach $4,000. The Holly water
works bailding stands on q mud fat
and has been literally ground TO pieces.
Prominent Israeiitlsh wedding.
BALrIMoRE, Feb. l4.-Rev. DR.. Ke-
ehuk. Of she congregation Ahabath
Ohessea, New YORK City, was married
in this city today 10 Mira. Rebeoca Bet
tlsheim, formerly Of San Francisco. A
ties Of the city were present, a. well as
several from New York.
Arranging q Yacht Race.
NEW YonK, Feb. AR. I. Bush owner
Of tbe Corona, and Coldwell a Oclt,
ewners Of the DauntIess, will meet 70
arrange the details Of an ocean race BE-
tween their keel echoono7s for $1,000
per side. The understandings is that the
yachsa Will start from Sandy Hook
March 16.h for Queenstown.
He viaiteA she Presiaenf.
NKv YoBK. Feb. 14.-Hon. Smith n.
Weed, who has iust returned from z
ten, says that be certainly will not snc-
ceed Manning as Secretary Of the
Treasury, nor has be the slightest infer
mslion as 70 whom ths President IN.
tends seiectinR. Weed sid be believed
Prssident Cleveland would edhsFe 10 bis
letter Of acceptance and woaid refuss
10 Be candidate for second term.
me Gress nnyeaasr In Florida.
NKw YonK, Feb. ll.-The friends Of
Thomas A. Edison think that he may
never getuFn from Florida. He had 4
severe attack os plenFisy last DecembeE
and Il left his langa hopelessly diseased.
His recovery v deemed impossible.
gDesaanaahsn. tire North PeIe.
81. PAuz., MINI, Feb. l4.-A Winni.
pee special 10 the Pioaasr Press says
Alexander HnAFthuF, q gentleman whc
hes made 9 special study Of Arctic
exploration, and Who hss been IL
eonmunicetien with the Smithsonian
Institute. toaAy started for eslkirk
with one companies and IN
pOcnas Of Supplies. his destina-
tisn being the noEih pole. ffem Yorl
fastofy be will travel By dog team. h
has reoesved assistancs from Americas
nsWspaperA
ReslEnasIen sf Secretary Manning.
WAsHIxsrsz. Rebruafy il.-Seoretary
Manning called 81 the White Houss thiI
afteFneon. and placed hts RESIGNATION
10 Tie hands Of the Presidents, 70 TAXI
eject upon the appointment and qaali
noakion Of his successer. This aotton 4
taken in order 10 allow Manning 10 -
espl she Prezidsney Of the Western Ga
tional Bank Of the city ef HeW York
Hin letter Of rasiRnation will not b,
made public for some daya Il n statet
a. the White Hoass thai no immediai,
appointmeut will BE- msde 10 the cf6ce
and that Manning will continue 20 acI
~ Secretary for several weekM eosre
kaFy Manning lsft WaGhinRton this a.
kswnoon Tor AIbany. He sxpects % 70
tarn ts washinRton On Friday OF Saiuf
dag.
Kelly sIEnsa win Ghe Bosssns
PLouazxkxRazx fN. VI, Feb. IA
Miehasl Kelisy, right 6sideF IN toe Ohi
eco hAse ball cinb, Was rsleAssd frou
that urzAnizAtion, 20. day, by tie psV
msns b. the Basioa elab of e16.na
Kelly shsn aiansd for ths ssassn VIA
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